Solar minigrid brings light and hope to a Goma neighborhood, offering blueprint for rest of Congo
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A solar farm operates on May 23, 2025, in Bulengo, a neighborhood near Goma, Congo. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)Mahamudu Bitego, a welder, works at his business in Goma, Congo, May 23, 2025 (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)A solar farm operates on May 23, 2025, in Bulengo, a neighborhood near Goma, Congo. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)People move past an electricity pole bringing power from a solar farm in the Ndosho neighborhood of Goma, Congo, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)Katembo Waziwazi, a Nuru technician, walks through a solar farm in Goma, Congo, Goma May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)Katembo Waziwazi, a Nuru technician, works at a solar farm in Goma, Congo, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)Mahamudu Bitego, a welder, whose business is powered in part by solar energy, works in Goma, Congo, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)Mahamudu Bitego, a welder, whose business is powered in part by solar energy, works in Goma, Congo, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)Choma Choma Mayuto Banga, right, who uses power at his home from a solar energy, talks with a customer service representative in Goma, Congo, May 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)Diode works in a carpentry shop powered in part by solar energy in Goma, Congo, May 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)Isaac works in a carpentry shop that is powered in part by solar energy in Goma, Congo, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)
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A solar farm operates on May 23, 2025, in Bulengo, a neighborhood near Goma, Congo. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)